I guess this is my question -- what is the "main pub list"?
All I can figure out to do is copy the listing provided by
MathSciNet, select "New publication from pasteboard" and then
manually add each field. But surely there's a smarter way?
On Jul 18, 2005, at 5:58 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
> On Jul 18, 2005, at 17:51, Vinayak Vatsal wrote:
>>>> Right, it's easy (but sometimes painful if there are many records)
>> to copy and paste stuff in to the right places.
>>>> But I was wondering if there's some way for BibDesk to parse the
>> BibTex entry provided by MathSciNet and put everything in the
>> right place.
>>>> Copy a BibTeX entry (or multiple entries) such as
>> @book{whole-set,
> Author = {Knuth, Donald E.},
> Note = {Seven volumes planned (this is a cross-referenced set
> of BOOKs)},
> Publisher = {Addison-Wesley},
> Series = {Four volumes},
> Title = {The Art of Computer Programming},
> Year = {{\noopsort{1973a}}{\switchargs{--90}{1968}}}}
>> and paste the text as BibTeX into BibDesk's main pub list; same
> thing works for RIS. You can also drag the selected BibTeX or RIS
> text in to BibDesk, or use the Services menu to add to the
> frontmost bibliography. All of this should be covered clearly in
> the online help under 5.1 "Adding References".
>>>> On Jul 18, 2005, at 5:12 PM, Fernando Pereira wrote:
>>>>>>> On Jul 18, 2005, at 6:53 PM, Claus Gerhardt wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Copy and paste.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> He said "efficiently" ;-)
>>>>> If you have suggestions for improving the efficiency of the process
> as outlined, please let us know.
>> Adam
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